Background: The “Pimpfs” were members of the Nazi organization
for young boys, part of the Hitler Youth. This article, from the last
issue of the Nazi magazine for boys, urges them to look to the SS for
their models. The SS Division “Hitler Jugend” mentioned toward
the end of the article saw combat after D-Day, and acquitted itself well.

The Faith of the Youth

Is the Foundation of Victory

20 July 1944 is the tenth anniversary of the existence of the SS
as an independent organization of the NSDAP. Our SS divisions stand
in unshakable, heroic struggle on all fronts. SS men face the enemy
as they have always faced the enemy. Believing in Germany and the Führer,
they will master fate. The SS remains what it always was: The Führer’s
dependable, sacrificial fighting troop.

This war has not ignored the youth, They stand in the front lines. They
work confidently at home and fight with determination at the front. Faith
in Germany lives and glows in their passionate hearts. A new type of soldier
is developing from the conduct of these youths: the SS man as an armed
soldier and fanatical defender of the National Socialist spirit. His highest
honor is to win and die for the Führer’s idea. Silver runes on a
black collar are the symbols of these fighters, the model of a new concept
of honor instituted by the Führer as he gave his SS men this motto:

“My honor is loyalty.”

The divisions of the Waffen SS stood and stand at the critical points
of bitter battles. They defended against the hordes from the steppes,
fought with bold determination at the critical moments of this war, and
won because their faith was greater and their will was harder.

Once men put on the steel helmet with enthusiasm. The virtue of their
generation was readiness. The battle for the fatherland formed them, and
they learned obedience in a hard school. Obedience made them great. Their
fighting community was unbreakable. Loyalty and camaraderie bound leader
and follower. The National Socialist idea determined their lives and actions.

The youth of our people were weighed in the balance and not found wanting.
They are an active army of the homeland. Faith, readiness and loyalty
are their virtues. Through them the youth fulfill their voluntary duties
under the terror of bombs and they aim their weapons against murderous
Anglo-American squadrons.

Faith, readiness and loyalty are also the virtues of the men with the
runes, those troops of whom the Führer said that they have always
been models of the bravery and hardness in war, displaying the obedience
and bravery that they pledged in peace.

The youth and the Waffen-SS feel closely bound to each other. The older
comrades and youth leaders are in the SS regiments defending against the
onslaughts of the enemy, a selection of the best of the nation. With pride
the younger lads look to the deeds of the SS Panzer Division “Hitler
Jugend,” which carries a name that obligates. The idea of the National
Socialist youth community was born in the battle for Germany. Today, amidst
the worldwide struggle for Europe and its immortal culture, it finds its
highest meaning and fulfillment.

The Waffen-SS also calls to the youth of Europe. Shoulder to shoulder
with Germany’s soldiers, these youth bear the runes for the freedom of
our part of the world from Bolshevist and plutocratic “blessings.”
The organizing will of Europe’s youth is for the first time united in
an idea. The best of its youth are ready to sacrifice their lives for
it.

The graves of the fallen that line the paths the SS divisions have gone
are silent witnesses of the selfless readiness and the military spirit
of the youth. Young hearts carry on the faith and spirit of these immoral
battalions. The idealism and voluntary readiness that live in the youth
are a monument to the brave men of the La Bassée Canal, of Belgrade,
of the Klidi Pass, of Kistininki, Demjansk, Taganrog, Kharkov, Narva,
Tscherkassy, and Caen. It will be the foundation of victory.